MY SPEED INDICATOR DROPPED

TO 40 IN

A SNAP OF A FINGER.

THAT'S WHEN I TOLD THE GIRLS,

I'M

SORRY.

I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO

MAKE IT

AND I TOLD THEM I LOVED THEM

AND

SHOVED THE NOSE OF THE PLANE

DOWN INTO

THE CANYON.

MEMORIAL DAY, BRIAN BROWN

FLEW HE

AND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ON

THE WAY

TO VISIT THEIR DAUGHTER

TABATHA.

I CAN SEE WE WERE IN

TROUBLE.

IT WAS VERY DRAMATIC, LEFT

TURN,

RIGHT TURN KIND OF THING.

IT WAS REALLY SCARY.

BECAUSE WE WERE SO CLOSE

TO THE

MOUNTAINS I WAS TRYING TO

STAY UNDER

THE CLOUD LAYER BUT UNDER THE

MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN BUT IT

LEFT US A

SMALL MARGIN TO FLY IN.

THERE WAS SOME STRESS IN

THE PLANE

WHEN IT WAS A LITTLE BIT

HIGHER.

DIANE STARTED TO PRAY.

DIANE SAID A PRAYER, GOD,

PUT YOUR

WINGS ON US.

AND I SAID AMEN OUT LOUD TO

THAT.

MOMENTS LATER THE PLANE

ENGINE

STALLED.

BRIAN TRIED TO REGAIN

AIRSPEED AND

REGAIN CONTROL AND HE TOLD

HIS FAMILY

HE LOVED THEM.

WHEN I HEARD THAT, I SAID

GOD, I'M

NOT READY TO GO YET.

PLEASE PROTECT MY FAMILY.

I CAN FEEL THE CONTROLS

BACK AND I

PULLED THE NOSE BACK AS

ABRUPTLY AS I

COULD AND SO IT RAISED THE

NOSE OF THE

AIRPLANE AND WE WERE STILL

FLYING. I

HIT TWO TREES WITH THE WING

TIP AND

HIT THE MOUNTAIN SIDE AND THE

WHOLE

WORLD WENT BLACK.

RYAN HIT THE WINDSHIELD.

I WOKE UP AND I THOUGHT,

WOW, WE

ARE ALIVE.

I HAD THE ANGELS ON MY WINGS

AND I

HEARD HEATHER SCREAMING MOMMA

AND WHEN

I LOOKED TO WHERE SHE WAS

SITTING, SHE

LOOKED LIKE A RAG DOLL.

I REALLY THOUGHT I KILLED HER

IN THE

CRASH.

MY MOM I THOUGHT AT FIRST

HAD DIED

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE

SHE WAS SO

LIMP.

I TRIED TO KEEP HER AIR

WAY OPEN

AND HEATHER AND I KEPT

CALLING TO HER

TO STAY WITH US AND I EVEN

GAVE HER A

KISS THINKING IT MIGHT BE MY

LAST ONE

AND HER EYES STARTED

FLUTTERING AND

SHE TOOK A GASP OF AIR.

I DO REMEMBER WAKING UP

LONG ENOUGH

TO SAY TO BRIAN AND HEATHER,

I'M HERE,

I'M OKAY.

BRIAN AND JAYIAN HAD

SIGNIFICANT

HEAD INJURIES SITTING WITH

FREEZING

TEMPERATURES WITH LITTLE HOPE

OF

RESCUE.

BRIAN KNEW THERE WAS NOTHING

HE COULD

DO TO SAVE HIS FAMILY.

BEFORE I WOULD SAY I WAS

IN

CONTROL. MY YEARS IN THE FIRE

SERVICE

THAT'S WHAT MY POSITION WAS,

AGAIN IN

CONTROL AS THAT WHOLE NIGHT

PROGRESSED

IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS WHO

REALLY IS IN

CONTROL.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ME AT

ALL.

AS BRIAN RELEASED THEIR

SITUATION

TO GOD, SOMETHING AMAZING

HAPPENED.

AROUND MIDNIGHT THEIR

CELLPHONE LIT UP

THE CABIN WITH AN INCOMING

CALL FROM

TABATHA.

WE GASPED.

THE PHONES, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE

HAD THEM

ANYMORE.

HERE WE ARE DEEP IN THE

CANYON AND WE

HAVE THIS ROEG SIGNAL THAT IS

WORKING.

THEY MISSED TABATHA'S CALL

BUT

HEATHER WAS IMMEDIATELY ABLE

TO CALL

911.

I DIALED THE NUMBER AND IT

RANG.

IT WAS LIKE OH MY GOODNESS,

THANK YOU,

LORD.

911, WHAT IS YOUR

EMERGENCY?

I'M IN AN AIRPLANE AND I

CRASHED IN

THE MOUNTAIN.

RESCUE WAS LOOKING FOR THE

PLANE.

BRIAN HEARD A HELICOPTER

NEARBY.

HE USED THE STROBE FLASH ON

HIS PHONE

TO SIGNAL FOR RESCUE.

GOD WAS THERE SO OBVIOUS

BECAUSE

THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE

HAPPENING

TO US THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE

THING THAT

I KNEW HAD NO EXPLANATION AT

THIS

POINT.

GOD PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH

THE

RIGHT SKILLS IN THE RIGHT

PLACE WITH

THE RIGHT TIME.

MIRACLES, MIRACLES,

DIMINISH KELS.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN

EXPLAIN

THIS WITHOUT SEEING THE HAND

OF GOD IN

IT.

IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THEY WERE HOISTED INTO

HELICOPTERS

AND FLOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN.

THE BROWNS ARE HAPPY THE LORD

ANSWERED

THEIR PRAYERS.

PEOPLE ASKED ME, AREN'T

YOU SCARED,

WEREN'T YOU TERRIFIED?

NO.

AS MUCH AS I DID NOT WANT TO

DIE, I

KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE

IF I DID

DIE AND I WAS ALL RIGHT WITH

THAT.

I GUESS IT'S JUST THAT

COMFORT THAT

YOU GET WHEN YOU KNOW WHERE

YOUR HEART

IS AND WHERE YOUR SOUL IS AND

WHERE

YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND

ETERNITY.

I'M BLESSED TO HAVE MY

PARENTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE

WITHOUT

MY PARENTS.

BRIAN WROTE A BOOK CALLED

"RESCUE".

WE WERE RESCUED OFF THE

MOUNTAIN AFTER

IS SURVIVING THAT PLANE CRASH

BUT IT

REALLY RESCUED MY SOUL AND IT

TOOK

THAT MAJOR WRAP ON THE HEAD

TO WAKE ME

UP AND REALLY MAKE ME SEE GOD

AND

REALIZE THAT I'M NOT IN

CONTROL, AND

THAT I NEED TO GIVE THOSE

PROBLEMS

AWAY.

YOU KNOW, TO HIM AND LET HIM

HELP ME,

LET HIM CONTINUE TO HELP ME

AND RESCUE

ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.